Thank you to the Niamh Clune of Plum Tree Booksfor nominating my blog for the ‘Blog Of The Year 2012’ Award.

I have not followed many blogs [although I have read many blogs but did not follow on a regular basis ] in 2012 due to scheduling but hope to follow more in 2013. I have nominated the following blogs for this award and hope you will accept the award.

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Quite simply this award is to show- you are appreciated by this ‘blog award’ however; if you wish to participate, the instructions are below. Otherwise, feel the love, admiration and appreciation. Hope this new year will be a fantastic year for blogging!

* Nominations for the “Best Blog of 2012″ awards.

*Vampire Maman writes a great blog from the perspective of being a vampire…a medium through which she delivers great wisdom for parenting.
Juliette aka Vampire Maman is (the fictional vampire mom). Her blog using her imagination provides a safe place for information about parenting and all sorts of other juicy stuff.

Rachelle Gardner is an agent with Books and Such Literary Agency, representing both fiction and non-fiction. She’s looking for mainstream commercial projects for both the Christian and general market. A great blog for potential authors.

Dr. Niamh Clune is the author of the Skyla McFee series: Orange Petals in a Storm, and Exaltation of a Rose. Recently, Niamh produced an anthology of happy and sad stories from childhood: Every Child is Entitled to Innocence. The proceeds of this book go to Child Helpline International. She is the founder of Plum Tree Books a great blogger and a singer/songwriter.

Wendy Reis with a personal note Wendy blogs about writing and editing, a necessity for authors.

*****Instructions:

For those of you who wish to participate further, these are the rules I have been instructed to pass on… (I hope you don’t mind this part!)

1 Select the blog(s) you think deserve the ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award 2 Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen – there’s no minimum or maximum number of blogs required – and ‘present’ them with their award. 3 Please include a link back to this page ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award’–

and include these ‘rules’ in your post (please don’t alter the rules or the badges!) 4 Let the blog(s) you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the ‘rules’ with them 5 You can now also join our Facebook group – click ‘like’ on this page ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award Facebook group and then you can share your blog with an even wider audience 6 As a winner of the award – please add a link back to the blog that presented you with the award – and then proudly display the award on your blog and sidebar … and start collecting stars… Yes – that’s right – there are stars to collect! Unlike other awards which you can only add to your blog once – this award is different! When you begin you will receive the ‘1 star’ award – and every time you are given the award by another blog – you can add another star! There are a total of 6 stars to collect. Which means that you can check out your favourite blogs – and even if they have already been given the award by someone else – you can still bestow it on them again and help them to reach the maximum 6 stars!